How much will last night's debate hurt Terry McAuliffe's campaign?

Last night, Terry McAuliffe sounded like the teachers unions' spokesperson when he said "I don’t think parents should be telling schools what they should teach." McAuliffe knows he's in trouble because prefaced that quote by saying "I'm not going to let parents come into schools take books out and make their decisions."

That's something that an elitist might say. McAuliffe put his foot in his mouth at the worst possible time. Glenn Youngkin, McAuliffe's GOP opponent, isn't letting McAuliffe's mistake slide. He's up with this video:

In 2020, Joe Biden defeated then-President Trump in Loudoun County by 20 points. This year, parents of all political stripes are on the verge of recalling the Loudoun County School Board. This isn't a wedge issue. Education/CRT is a hot button issue that's triggering visceral reactions from across the political divide.

Fairfax County is also experiencing lots of turmoil over education. These are 2 of northern Virginia's biggest counties, counties that Terry McAuliffe musty win decisively if he wants to win re-election. Youngkin will likely win big in rural outstate counties. Democrats have won in Virginia by piling up big margins of victory in the DC suburbs in northern Virginia. If Youngkin limits the margin of victory in Fairfax and Loudoun counties, McAuliffe will have a tough night this November.

Elsewhere in Virginia, the Prince William County School Board cut its public comment time to 30 minutes:

The newly passed rule only allows for one hour of public comment at school board meetings. Half of that time is dedicated to agenda items, leaving only 30 minutes for parents to discuss other issues. During that 30-minute period, only 10 attendees are permitted to speak for three minutes each.
Parents pushing for a greater say in their children's education is rising. Meanwhile, McAuliffe is still fully beholden to the NEA and AFT. Then there's this:
A prominent player in the Virginia Democratic Party is calling on lawmakers to defund the police and divert taxpayer funding to pay for abortions. Virginia’s NARAL chapter embraced the defund the police movement on Tuesday. The group urged lawmakers to cut off law enforcement and redirect "taxes to go towards helping our communities instead of harming them."
This can't help McAuliffe.

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

Is Joe Biden our Grifter-in-Chief?

Image
Apparently, Joe Biden doesn't care about the law or Supreme Court rulings. When asked about the ruling on his student loan bailout, Biden said that the Supreme Court misinterpreted the Constitution. He knows they didn't. That's just what he said to preserve the opportunity to introduce his next unconstitutional plan that will get rejected by the Supreme Court. This isn't about whether it's constitutional. It's about whether he can con enough young people into voting for him in 2024. Biden must've anticipated this ruling. Within an hour of the ruling, the Administration was out with this detailed fact sheet to replace the plan that he knew would fail. It opens with the same partisan attack as Democrats have mouthed. The fact sheet opens by saying "No President has fought harder for student debt relief than President Biden, and he’s not done yet. President Biden and Vice President Harris will not let Republican elected officials succeed in denying hard
Read more

Tim Walz's Confederate Flag Fiasco

Image
After Minnesota's Democrats shoved the most controversial progressive legislation down Minnesotans' throats, gossip started popping up about Gov. Walz being interested in running for president . That's died off but Gov. Walz is still making headlines, this time for all the wrong reasons. First, Gov. Walz isn't the brightest bulb in the chandelier. Still, Gov. Walz is fighting against Minnesota's history. This Alpha News article quotes David Hann, the chairman of Minnesota's Republican Party, as saying " The flag the DFL has eliminated was a version of the historic flag our regiments fought under during the Civil War. Minnesota was the first state to offer troops to the Union cause in 1861 , beginning a long tradition of leading the nation in confronting injustice. The DFL quest to erase our history is repugnant and should be rejected." Gov. Walz, though, sees things differently. He's quoted as saying "Minnesota is a diverse state, it continue
Read more

Maria Bartiromo's interrogation of Gov. Ron DeSantis

Image
Yesterday, Maria Bartiromo interrogated Gov. Ron DeSantis on Sunday Morning Futures. The first half of the interview, Bartiromo asked policy questions. Gov. DeSantis showed his understanding of the issues and presented his solutions on everything from China, inflation and growing the economy. The first reply he had was to cut spending. His next reply was to open energy production. Third, he talked about the importance of increasing productivity, which he correctly said is the best way to eliminate inflation. A little over half the way through the interview, though, it turned into an attack. Bartiromo asked "I'm wondering what's going on with your campaign. There was a lot of optimism about you running for president earlier in the year but here's this weekend's headline from the Politico Playbook: Failure to launch. Gov. Ron DeSantis's campaign to topple Donald Trump has stalled. We are way behind says a top DeSantis PAC official. What happened? Despite that bad
Read more